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Remember Bert Edward Mothersbaugh (1888-1918)
Bert Edward Mothersbaugh (1888-1918) is not a direct relative. He was the brother-in-law of my great-great aunt Maria Raiffeisen Mothersbaugh. Bert was the youngest of five brothers (Lewis, Charles, Walter, Oscar & Bert) and two sisters (Ionia and Ophelia) born to Samuel A. (1846-1917) and Artelia Mechia ...
Welcome to Glimpses in Time
I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome each of you to my new website. Some of you have been with me for many years while others have joined me on this journey more recently. I feel very blessed and am grateful for everyone. I hope you ...
September Was a Great Month to Get Married!
In my family September brings the promise of fall, of the harvest and preparation for colder months. Fall is my favorite time of the year and September acts as a warm reminder of family get togethers. Throughout the generations on my family tree no month seems more ...
The Constitution and Other Matters
As Members of Congress watch the clock run out for funding Fiscal Year 2024, I thought it might be good to refresh our memories of how the legislative process works. This is my simplified explanation of a complex process. I worked as a staff member in the ...
The 1917 Halifax Explosion
One hundred and five years ago today the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was rocked by the largest non-nuclear, man-made explosion with the equivalent of 3,000 tons of TNT. More than 325 acres were immediately destroyed from the shockwave emanating from the collision of two ships in ...
Fred Rasa & the Bank of Florence
On April 8, 1918, the Bank of Florence was founded by a group of local businessmen in Florence, Missouri, a town of approximately one hundred men and women. The organization was formed with H.A. Bremer as president, F. H. Rasa, vice-president, and P.W. Buehler as cashier. Frederick ...
Grandpa Siegel & His Cars
November 5th marked the 135th birthday of Carl Christian Siegel, my maternal grandfather. To celebrate I wanted to highlight one of the things I have noticed while digitizing family photos- grandpa liked cars! There are many photos of Grandpa and his family with cars so I thought ...
Corrillie Fletcher Ray Patterson Percival Spencer (1881-1967)
Fifty-five years ago today, a woman named Corrillie Spencer passed away when she was eighty-six years old. She was the second wife of Richard Allen Spencer (1881-1973), my great grandfather. Recently I have begun to research Corrillie’s life. She was known to my family and many others ...
A Year of Firsts
One of the first rules of genealogy, long neglected by genealogists is to write down your own stories. On this German Unity Day, as falling leaves and temperatures finally reach Alabama, memories of my Year of Firsts, thirty (!) years ago flood my mind. But the beginning ...
A Nearly Forgotten Cemetery
How do you find a cemetery record that is not online at FindAGrave, BillionGraves or any other online database? Look it up in a book! Our ancestors were traced and recorded by amateur and professional genealogists for generations before us and often we are lucky enough to ...